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Chapter 1 Product Information This chapter describes the hp dvd-writer dvd100i internal drive and is organized as follows: Product History p. 11 Disc Storage Capacity of HP Products p. 12 Product Positioning p. 13 Laser Safety p. 13 Parts Available for the hp dvd-writer Drive p. 13 Current Products p. 14 Product History CD Technology The first CD technology to be used with computers was CD-ROM, a read-only technology. In the early 1990's CD-R (CD-Recordable) drives became available to consumers for storing data permanently on a disc that could be read by any CD-ROM drive. Now Compact Disc ReWritable, or CD-RW, technology is available to consumers. CD-RW lets users rewrite CDs up to 1,000 times. CD-RW lets users easily store and erase data on CDs for playback on: I MultiRead-compatible CD-ROM drives I CD-R drives I CD-RW drives DVD Technology A DVD disc is the same size as a CD, but holds much more data. A DVD disc holds 4.7 GB per layer, which equals 135 minutes of compressed video. . The DVD logo is trademarked and owned by the DVD Consortium. What is MultiRead? Hewlett-Packard Company played a principal role in the creation of MultiRead technology that makes CD-RW media read-compatible with the spectrum of current drives: I CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) I CD-R (CD-Recordable) I CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) I DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory) I DVD+RW (Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable) The MultiRead logo on CD and DVD products indicates MultiRead compatibility. hp dvd-writer dvd100i Technical Support Solutions Guide 10/25/01 Product History ⇐ ⇒ 11